The Chinese language is spoken by over a billion people every day. It is considered one of the world’s most functional languages. China became the largest economy in the world, so the Chinese language is one of the most useful languages you can learn. It is considered one of the earliest and oldest languages in the world.
You may face some obstacles when you start learning the Chinese alphabet, especially when you know that the Chinese language is syllabic. The Chinese language doesn’t have an alphabet like other languages, which means each character written represents a syllable in a word.
The Chinese use thousands of symbols. They should know about 4000-5000 to master reading a newspaper. There are a lot of Chinese words that only contain one syllable.
What is the Chinese Language called?
The Chinese language is called Pinyin romanization “Roman Alphabet”, and also called Chinese Phonetic Alphabet. “Pinyin” is a system of romanization for the Chinese written language based on the pronunciation of the Beijing dialect of Mandarin Chinese. However, Pinyin is not Chinese.
There are two main systems of writing the Chinese alphabet: the Pinyin system by Mandarin Chinese, and the Zhuyin system used by Taiwan. The Pinyin system employs the same ABCs that English speakers use, and the Zhuyin system employs its own symbols. The pinyin system is more common in use.
There are 26 letters in the Chinese Alphabet similar to the ones we use in the English Alphabet. Sure there are many similarities between the Pinyin and English phonetic systems, but there are many differences as well.
The Chinese Alphabet and its meaning in English
A 月 (yuè) moon
B 官 (guān)Official
C 匹 (pǐ)Match
D 刀 (dāo)Knife
E 三 (sān)Three
F 下 (xià)Under
G 巨 (jù)Huge
H 升 (shēng)Rise
I 工 (gōng)Work
J 丁 (dīng)Men
K 水 (shuǐ)Water
L 心 (xīn)Heart
M 冊 (cè)Book
N 內 (nèi)Within
O 口 (kǒu)Mouth
P 戶 (hù)Household
Q 已 (yǐ)Already
R 尺 (chǐ)Ruler
S 弓 (gōng)Bow
T 七 (qī)Seven
U 臼 (jiù)Molar
V 人 (rén)People
W 山 (shān)Mountain
X 父 (fù)Father
Y 了 (liǎo)To Know
Z 乙 (yǐ)Second
The Chinese alphabet split into initials, and finals. Initials start the word, and the finals end the word. Initials are consonants and finals are either vowels or start with a vowel.
If you want to speak Chinese well, you should know the English Personal Pronouns and Possessive Pronouns. In English personal pronouns are “I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they”… But in Chinese??? Let’s have a look:
我 ——- I
你 ——- you
他 —— he
她 —— she
它 —— it
我们 —— we
你们 —— you
他们 —— they
In English the Possessive Pronouns are “me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them”, Let’s see them in the Chinese Language:
我的——-my or mine
你的——-your or yours
他的——- his
她的——- her
它的——- its
我们的—— ours
你们的—— yours
他们的—— theirs
Let’s Learn Chinese Numbers
No. | Character | Pinyin |
0 | 零 | líng |
1 | 一 | yī |
2 | 二 | èr |
3 | 三 | sān |
4 | 四 | sì |
5 | 五 | wǔ |
6 | 六 | liù |
7 | 七 | qī |
8 | 八 | bā |
9 | 九 | jiǔ |
10 | 十 | shí |
11 | 十一 | shí yī |
12 | 十二 | shí èr |
13 | 十三 | shí sān |
14 | 十四 | shí sì |
15 | 十五 | shí wǔ |
16 | 十六 | shí liù |
17 | 十七 | shí qī |
18 | 十八 | shí bā |
19 | 十九 | shí jiǔ |
20 | 二十 | èr shí |
Let’s Learn some of Chinese Language:
Animals in Chinese Language
Animals in Chinese Language | ||
Animal | Pinyin | Characters |
Rat | Shǔ | 鼠 |
Dragon | Lóng | 龙 |
Ox | Niú | 牛 |
Tiger | Hǔ | 虎 |
Rabbit | Tù zǐ | 兔子 |
Snake | Shé | 蛇 |
Sheep | Yáng | 羊 |
Horse | Mǎ | 马 |
Monkey | Hóu | 猴 |
Rooster | Gōng jī | 公鸡 |
Dog | Gǒu | 狗 |
Pig | Zhū | 猪 |
Let’s Learn Colors in Chinese Language
Colors in Chinese Language | ||
Color | Pinyin | Character |
Colors | yán sè | 颜色 |
White | bái sè | 白色 |
Grey | huī sè | 灰色 |
Black | hēi sè | 黑色 |
Blue | lán sè | 蓝色 |
Green | lǜ sè | 绿色 |
Yellow | huáng sè | 黄色 |
Red | hóng sè | 红色 |
Brown | zōng sè | 棕色 |
Orange | chéng sè | 橙色 |
Purple | zǐ sè | 紫色 |
Days of the Week in Chinese
Days of the Week in Chinese Language | ||
Day | Pinyin | Character |
Days | xīng qī | 星期 |
Sunday | xīng qī rì | 星期日 |
Saturday | xīng qī liù | 星期六 |
Friday | xīng qī wǔ | 星期五 |
Thursday | xīng qī sì | 星期四 |
Wednesday | xīng qī sān | 星期三 |
Tuesday | xīng qī èr | 星期二 |
Monday | xīng qī yī | 星期一 |
Body Parts in the Chinese Language
Body Parts in Chinese Language | ||
Body Parts | Pinyin | Character |
head | tóu | 头 |
face | liǎn | 脸 |
hair | tóu fā | 头发 |
eye | yǎn | 眼 |
ear | ěr duǒ | 耳朵 |
nose | bí zi | 鼻子 |
mouth | kǒu | 口 |
hand | shǒu | 手 |
tooth | yá chǐ | 牙齿 |
heart | xīn zàng | 心脏 |
stomach | wèi | 胃 |
arm | gē bì | 胳臂 |
foot | jiǎo | 脚 |
leg | tuǐ | 腿 |
Weather and Seasons in the Chinese Language
Weather and Seasons in Chinese Language | ||
Weather | Pinyin | Character |
weather | tiān qì | 天气 |
windy | yǒu fēng | 有风 |
cloudy | duō yún | 多云 |
raining | xià yǔ | 下雨 |
sunny | qíng lǎng | 晴朗 |
snowing | xià xuě | 下雪 |
cold | lěng | 冷 |
hot | rè | 热 |
Seasons | ||
Autumn | qiū jì | 秋季 |
Winter | dōng tiān | 冬天 |
Spring | chūn tiān | 春天 |
Summer | xià tiān | 夏天 |
The Top 10 Chinese Movies for Kids
- Little Door Gods 小门神 (Xiǎo Mén Shén)
- The Magic Brush 神笔马良 (shén bǐ mǎ liáng)
- Kung Food 美食大冒险之英雄烩 (měi shí dà mào xiǎn zhī yīng xióng huì)
- Kung Fu Boys 龙拳小子 ( Lóng Quán Xiǎo Zi)
- Lunar New Year’s Day 元日 (Yuǎn Rì)
- On Happiness Road 幸福路上 (Xìng fú lù shàng)
- Kung Fu Panda 功夫熊貓 (Gōng fū xióng māo)
- Big Fish & Begonia 大鱼海棠 (Dà yú hǎi táng)
- Flavors of Youth 肆式青春 (Sì shì qīng chūn
- Yi Yi: A One and a Two 一一 (Yī yī)
- Little Door Gods 小门神 Xiǎo mén shén
- Lunar New Year’s Day 元日 (Yuǎn rì)
Let’s Sing Songs in English Language For you Kids ( Songs are translated in Chinese)
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in Chinese
一闪一闪亮晶晶
yī shǎn yī shǎn liàng jīng jīng
满天都是小星星
mǎn tiān dū shì xiǎo xīng xīng
挂在天边放光明
guà zài tiān biān fàng guāng míng
好像许多小眼睛
hǎo xiàng xǔ duō xiǎo yǎn jīng
一闪一闪亮晶晶
yī shǎn yī shǎn liàng jīng jīng
满天都是小星星
mǎn tiān dū shì xiǎo xīng xīng
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high,
like a diamond in the sky
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How I wonder what you are
Itsy Bitsy Spider in the Chinese Language
一只两只蜘蛛爬呀爬出来,
yī zhī liǎng zhī zhī zhū pá ya pá chū lái
雨水落下来帮它洗洗澡,
yǔ shuǐ luò xià lái bāng tā xǐ xǐ zǎo
太阳出来了照着它身体呀
tài yáng chū lái le zhào zhé tā shēn tǐ ya
一只两只蜘蛛爬呀爬出来
yī zhī liǎng zhī zhī zhū pá ya pá chū lái
Itsy Bitsy spider climbing up the spout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
Now Itsy Bitsy spider went up the spout again!